I'm proud to be a member of the world-renowned faculty at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) where I've taught both graduate-level accounting classes as well as undergraduate-level accounting courses (Intermediate & Managerial). In addition, I have developed 2 Coursera courses & taught an online graduate Intermediate Accounting course in the groundbreaking iMSA program!1) Received Excellence-in-Teaching Award in May 2019 for extraordinary commitment and dedication to students in the iMSA program. (Voted by my students!)2) Named to the "List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent"​ for all semesters at UIUC3)Taught an online Intermediate Accounting graduate course during Fall 2017/2018 for new iMSA degree through UIUC in conjunction w/Coursera (grew from 31 to 165 students in one year!)4) Received Department Chair Award for Excellence in Accountancy Education for 2015-16 5) Serve as Faculty Advisor to PwC National Accounting Case Competition for three years as our Illini team qualified for Nationals in NYC in Jan. 20156) Member of Panel Discussion on "When Accounting Professionals Become Accounting Educators: Challenges and Opportunities" at Aug 2016 AAA Annual Meeting in New York7) Speaker at Aug 2015 AAA Annual Meeting in Chicago "Transitioning from Private Industry to Academia"8) Taught 24 Chinese Executives in Dec 2015 "Modern Managerial Accounting Concepts and Budgetary Systems" through the University Global Education and Training Program.9) Serve IMA as question writer for CMA Exams as well as textbook reviewer for IMA Managerial Accounting textbook.10) Spent 9 months in 2016-2017 developing materials for two 8-week online MOOC Accounting courses offered through Coursera since mid-2017 (over 100,000 site visitors & 15,000 learners from over 130 countries & average rating of 4.8/5.0)

I served a multi-year term as an advisory board member to the excellent Department of Hospitality, Recreation and Sport Management. It's exciting to know that I supported their reputable program, under the very capable leadership of John Hughes, with my breadth of hospitality experience and passion for education.

Taught numerous finance-related courses (have taught over 700 students during past five years!)Presented financial information at various Company-wide events (incl Town Hall Meetings, Managers Meetings, Board Meetings, etc)Directed Procurement initiativesOversaw all Financial operations of Operations/Corporate Services

Worked directly for COO & served all CFO duties for approx 18 months while CFO served interim role at our owner, The Hershey Trust Company!

Taught various accounting courses ranging from undergraduate to graduate (MBA) classes at campuses in Annville, Lancaster & York PA